conclusion dt-sfp can improve the detection of relatively early bone abnormalities in acetabular and proximal femur compared with conventional radiography. dt-sfp can also observe the abnormal impact between acetabular and proximal femur. patients and methods ninety-four consecutive patients with discomfort around the hip joint underwent dt-sfp and conventional radiography. the imaging features...

to find if some indices have predictive value for renal complications. we conducted a cross sectional and included 80 patients with the age ranged 5-17 years, all with the proven diagnosis of β-thalassemia major. a urine and 5 ml of blood sample were obtained from all of the cases. biochemical indices such as serum levels of creatinine, na, mg, hb, and ferritin and also urine levels of na, mg, ...

Our previous results indicated that protein synthesis was necessary for serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) to regulate the phase of the biological clock in the Aplysia eye. Also, we showed that 5-HT appeared to increase the synthesis of a 34-kDa protein with an isoelectric point of 7.2. Subsequent studies were carried out to quantitate the effect of 5-HT on the 34-kDa protein and to examine ...

the distally based sural fasciocutaneous flap has become a main part of the reconstruction of the lower leg, heel and foot. however, perfusion problems and venous congestion have been reported. over the past decade, several flap modifications have been reported to improve flap viability and to solve a myriad of reconstructive needs. the purpose of this paper is to describe our experience in har...

With the latest paradigm shift in SLA from Cognitivism to Sociocultural Theory (SCT), more studies are carried out to investigate the efficacy of Written Corrective Feedback (WCF) through a social and cultural lens. A more recent offspring of SCT is Activity Theory which provides an explanatory framework for scrutinizing an activity in a social setting. The present study aimed at investigating ...

We consider the problem of minimizing a convex objective which is the sum of a smooth part, with Lipschitz continuous gradient, and a nonsmooth part. Inspired by various applications, we focus on the case when the nonsmooth part is a composition of a proper closed convex function P and a nonzero affine map, with the proximal mappings of τP , τ > 0, easy to compute. In this case, a direct applic...